Taupo Weekender
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- CLUB REPORTS
Wednesday Walkers
- Blizzard scene for well-paced thriller
FILM REVIEW
No Exit (R, 95 mins), screening now on Disney+
- GOLF RESULTS
Tuesday Ladies
- Changes are on the horizon
It is time for a change.
- In these testing Covid times, keep your dogs in control
With Covid in the community, Taupō District Council suggests it’s best for all our dog owners to keep their pooches on a lead in spaces where they need to be, and make sure their canine companions do not run up to other dogs, or people.
- MĀORI WORD
The Taupō & Tūrangi Weekender supports Te Taura Whiri i te Reo Māori, the Māori Language Commission’s campaign to increase New Zealanders’ te reo Māori vocabulary by running a different Māori word to learn each week. This week’s word: marumaru - shade
- It’s time to get the garden ready because winter is coming
While plenty of vegetables are still producing and harvest is still ongoing, there is certainly a noticeable chill in the air.
- Kiwis losing millions to online scams
According to New Zealand Police’s Financial Intelligence Unit, Kiwis who get tricked into passing their money to love interests lose tens of millions of dollars annually to these scams.
- Challenge to speed cut on highway
A petition calling for national highways management agency Waka Kotahi NZT to rescind the decision to lower the speed limit on 76km of the Napier-Taupō Highway has been placed before Parliament.
- Farmer fined $35,000 for failing to care for his sheep
A South Waikato sheep and beef farmer has been fined $35,000 after failing to care for his sheep, leaving eight dead in a paddock.
Featured documents
- Setting the record straight
Vaccine-related hospitalisations are being hushed upThere are many approaches to assessing the safety of vaccines after they’re introduced. One is to collect reports of adverse events that occur after the administration of vaccines, even if the vaccine might not have caused the event. These reports ...
- Taupo’s rogue bore
If you didn’t know it was a crater, you might mistake it for one of the many gullies surrounding Taupo. Pine and gum trees grow around it and the edges are tangled in brambles....
- Taupo’s rogue bore
If you didn’t know it was a crater, you might mistake it for one of the many gullies surrounding Taupo. Pine and gum trees grow around it and the edges are tangled in brambles....
- Taupo’s rogue bore
If you didn’t know it was a crater, you might mistake it for one of the many gullies surrounding Taupo. Pine and gum trees grow around it and the edges are tangled in brambles....
- Taupo’s rogue bore
If you didn’t know it was a crater, you might mistake it for one of the many gullies surrounding Taupo. Pine and gum trees grow around it and the edges are tangled in brambles....
- Tongariro U6 Pango put in solid effort
Tongariro on home soil last Saturday — what a beautiful day of rugby, great games, massive support, yummy kai, stunning weather and happy tamariki — great success. Thank you to everyone for your mahi and support this weekend....
- CLUB REPORTS
Wednesday...
- Young writers paint pictures with words
Promising young writers received their prizes at the weekend, after impressing in the Taupō Library’s short-story writing competition....
- Pain at the pumpPetrol prices in Taupo are third highest nationwide
Petrol prices in Taupō are so high some elderly people cannot visit loved ones and the mayor is launching an inquiry....
- Valentine’s Day contest winners announced
We asked for your best love stories and we were treated with a wide range of entries. From the romantic and thoughtful, to the comedic and forbidden, there was a little bit of everything....